im begging you to read these fantasy books (underrated fantasy reads!)

[@asiangsus]

regan is THE main fantasy channel for me. every good fantasy book i have ever read came from her book recommendations/hauls/tier lists.

[@5itka]

What are your top 5?

[@asiangsus]

@@5itka Nevermoor (middle grade series) by Jessica Townsend Legendborn (YA) by Tracy Deonn Age of Myth (adult series) by Michael J. Sullivan The Mistborn Saga (YA series) by Brandon Sanderson The Stormlight Archive (adult series) by Brandon Sanderson this was so hard but i tried to pick from different levels so theres more variety!!

[@5itka]

@@asiangsus thank you! ☺️

[@alibelyea]

She is a great reviewer. I enjoy her so much. Elliot and Petrik are also lovely, great reviewers. They are my booktube trinity, lol

[@HahsBerry]

You explain synopses in such a great way without spoiling books! Great channel!

[@temporalloop]

just finished The Spear Cuts Through Water last night & i feel like it was made in a lab to appeal to me specifically. the layered narrative is so well-woven & as a Filipino, it is also like holding up a mirror to my own experiences. thank you for spreading the word about it

[@Didi_Online]

I just started The Ninth Rain this morning !! So far so good, loving the world and characters. This has been on my TBR since you did your video talking about it. So happy to be reading more Fantasy ;))

[@houseofplayboys6413]

Books mentioned: The ninth rain Hexologist The library of the dead The spear cuts through water The jasad heir The deep sky The justice of kings

[@ceetee_lir]

yes! thank you for recommending books that are not "popular." I've seen far too many people recommend the some ones over and over again. Grateful for your insight! definitely running to the book store

[@hazelmorera5946]

You've sold me on The Justice of Kings and I'm bumping it up my TBR list. I have the beautiful editions from Goldsboro with the sprayed edges and I bought them because they did sound like something I would definitely like, but they've also just sat on my shelves for monnnnnthss and your passion about them makes me so much more excited to read them :)

[@nicolelopes1621]

Yes!! The jasad heir is SO good, more people need to read it

[@amyirbybooks]

I love your recs 😊 you are talking about books I don’t see anyone else talking about. Love your cozy and upbeat vibe.

[@Eowynerre]

My underated fantasy author is Frances Hardinge, very few booktube accounts talk about her books but they are truly stunning!

[@marinwolff7031]

Justice of Kings series knocked it out of the park for me! Five star read and gave me a book hangover at the end because I missed the characters and world so much. One of, if not the best, books I've read this year

[@OverlyAverageBen]

I've just gotten over the halfway mark in The Spear Cuts Through Water and I'm loving it so unbelievably much!

[@see_zee_read6657]

Happy to see you mention the Justice of Kings series. It really does deserve so much more love than it gets.

[@aleryan]

I had most of these on my TBR, but those that I didn't I added. Thanks for all the great recommends! My recommend to you is one that I'm not even finished with yet, but it's SO MUCH FUN! It's called Heretical Fishing: A Cozy Guide to Annoying the Cults, Outsmarting the Fish, and Alienating Oneself by Haylock Jobson. I'm probably going to binge read the next two of these in the series.

[@livslibrary]

Your recommendations are always perfection! ❤

[@freazeezy]

My recommendation is actually an audio drama podcast called The Once and Future Nerd. Sounds like a dnd podcast but it isnt. Its a fully scripted audio play in the vein of Narnia but with the christian allagory stripped off and the plot modernized. Three teenagers, a cheerleader, her jock boyfriend and a nerd get spirited away to a fantasy world. Like Narnia its starts of seemingly simple and innocent but builds up until the characters are involved in a grand conspiracy that threatens the whole country. There are elves, orcs, secret queens and the main three teens are all more layered and complex then their archetypes would suggest. Go listen to it! Its free!

[@sashaa_pp]

Thank you for the recommendation! I'm in France and I didn't know we could have audio scripted on spotify !

[@serenity8910]

I discovered The Justice of Kings through your recommendation and oh my goodness thank you!! It's such a perfect fantasy series. The characters, the world-building, the plot, the writing, the intrigue... everybody needs to read this series!

[@Taraawhat123]

thanks for recommending the empire of the wolf!! it’s one of my favourite series now

[@alliism16]

I came back to find this video to THANK YOU for recommending The Jasad Heir! I've been craving a book like this and it DID NOT disappoint! I don't know anyone else who's read it so that's my new mission in life 🫡

[@BooksAlexGreen]

I'm waiting for the The Spear Cuts Through Water to arrive in the post 👀 It was on my TBR forever!

[@jessieliseem8182]

You need to read the Stranger Times. Written by an Irish comedian. I haven’t seen ANYONE talk about this series and I have been laughing so much in these books. Urban/supernatural fantasy set in Manchester UK. Think characters from parks and rec or the office, with weird stuff happening!

[@pauieeepau]

I second The Spear Cuts Through Water. So bizarre and specifically made for me. I also liked The Jasad Heir, let them be enemies! I feel like it has typical plot structure but doesn't lean too hard on tropes though they are present. I saw people complain there isn't enough romance, but I don't mind.

[@paperbacksgalore]

I read A River Enchanted because of you and it was my fave book of last year!! So I definitely need to read more of your recs (:

[@melodiemeldrum3918]

My under-rated writer rec is definitely Intisar Khanani. She gets a lot of comparisons to Robin McKinley; I think you'd also like her if you like T. Kingfisher or the Mirror Visitor books. She has one finished series (The Dauntless Path) and one in progress (The Sunbolt Chronicles).

[@majooleonmagnani5246]

This video comes at the perfect time, I'm half done with Kingdom of Ash and don't know what to do with my life once it's over

[@missep1830]

so many of these are on my tbr already but I had forgotten about them, thanks for the reminder!

[@donnypeters-y9c]

Couple recommendations...... The library at mt.char......the devil's detective.... the book of doors.....the square of sevens. Happy reading!

[@min1705]

I've been wanting to expand my fantasy reads because most of the recommendations I've gotten have been romantasy, and I'm just not enjoying them as much. I really wanted to get back to reading because I haven't read much since high school, and this video is everything I could have asked for.

[@montieverett4983]

Wow! I have been in a slump with fantasy. I’m actually excited to read these recommendations 🩷

[@ameliewenz3734]

My favourite fantasy book is black leopard red wolf by marlon james. It just so so good: The intrigue, the premise, the world-building, the unreliable narration. I am reading the second book in the series and it is as good as the first. I would love it if more people would read that series.

[@hannahcpk]

Can I just recommend The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard!!! It is an incredible cozy high fantasy focused on friendships and she writes such gorgeously descriptive world building that you actually feel like you’re right there with them. It’s adventurous and emotional and if you like questing, I feel like this book has that! I wish more booktubers have read this because it is SEVERELY under-rated :(

[@sarahgalbraith7245]

I’m currently about 25% into The Justice of Kings! I only picked it up because you mention is all the time lol I’m eating it up though 😋 I also read The Deep Sky in under a day. Couldn’t put it down!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

The deep sky sounds so good!

[@jodie3950]

Added Justice of Kings and Library of the Dead to my TBR. Thank you ❤

[@rachdanaelee]

The Jasad Heir has been sitting in a stack of tbr and now its gotta move up to starting it today haha

[@rachdanaelee]

Holy crap The Deep Sky's cover is stunning

[@rachdanaelee]

OK I read it in 1 day and now I'm upset the second one doesn't come out for a year

[@pattysergent5751]

Have you read the Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi? I haven't heard many people talk about it, but I think it is so good. And the 3rd book in the trilogy comes out this fall. 😊

[@virtualrealism_93]

I loooove the ninth rain! Hoping other people will too ♥️

[@cindygurrola10315]

Can you do a beginners recommendation fantasy video!!??!! 😊

[@KeriExpression]

Justice of the Kings is on my TBR for next month! Personally, I wish more people would read The First Sister Trilogy by Linden A. Lewis and The Convergence Saga by Cadwell Turnbull (both series I think you'd like because of their layered narratives, multi-POV and genre-blending)

[@Naimad319]

Great lists. I've read 2 of these books and the rest were already on my TBR.

[@verity231]

Thanks for the recommendations! Booktube is often quite repetitive with the books that are spoken about, but I haven't heard of the majority of these ones. The Simon Jimenez one in particular picked my interest. Also, unputdownable is a great word that needs to be used more often 😁

[@lisas.2902]

It seems like I’m finally starting to read ninth rain. I’ve been putting it off for some time now. Thanks for the recommendation 😊.

[@ThatGeekCatty]

Love the dungarees! So cute!

[@donnagartshore9345]

Always enjoy your recommendations. Is there a boycott against Maggie Stiefvater that I don't know about? I admit I am not as immersed in the fantasy world as some, but I find her books beautifully, lyrically written with intriguing premises, and I don't think I've ever seen her come up on a list of fantasy favourites. As well, I quite enjoyed The Beautiful Creatures series and never see any chat about them.

[@arleneallen8824]

I looked into the Maggie Stiefvater situation. The author herself is not being boycotted. Her book SHIVER is being banned and removed from shelves by conservatives. I don’t know if they consider it pornography or Satanic because it has werewolves in it. Either way I’m buying it to spite those conservatives and in November I’m voting for the party that doesn’t ban books.

[@anaxo28]

Thanks for the video! Would you maybe consider adding time stamps for the books? Would be super helpful! Thanks 😊

[@georgemalone3318]

Hey, hey thank you that was a fun video on your suggestion. I am going to try justice of kings spear cuts through water, and library of the dead. I just happen to have one of those that could find two of the others. Thanks so much this sounds like stuff that’s really worth breaking into my list for have a good one.🎉

[@gracie9658]

I just DNFed The Ninth Rain this month, at 32% . I was convinced by Elliot Brooks but it ended up not being for me. I think I don't like creatures in my books. Reading it felt like a chore. Also the dialogue was annoying and trying too hard to be funny or witty, which is a pet peeve of mine. I was so disappointed because I had only heard good things.

[@louisity]

I think this is the 1st video where I heard positive things about Jasad Heir.

[@mangotarte4115]

First thing i notice is the row of Robin Hobb books. So i know your recs must be superior if you read them

[@trueeliz]

I really liked the book Dark Water Daughter but don’t hear much about it on booktube.

[@catsandbats77]

I read The Library of the Dead and need to read the sequel. Other than that, I think I have all of these books on my tbr. I'm trying to read through my physical tbr this year and want to buy physical copies of some of these books, so those books will have to wait a bit. Others I might see if I can get the audiobook from Libby.

[@laurenschenck5355]

Love ur book recommendations so much thanks Regan 📙📚📖📙📚📖🩵📖📙📙📚📖📚📙📙📚📖📚📙📚📖📚📙📖📖📚🩵🩵🌺🩵🌞🌊🌊🌊🌊🌞🌺🩵🩵🌺🌺🩵🩵🌞🌊🌊🌊🌊🌺🌺🩵🌺

[@felicityrawlings]

I trust your reviews religiously

[@myriam8190]

The Jasad Heir is soooo gooood.

[@feylights166]

Some underrated fantasy imho: Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling Captive Prince trilogy and Dark Heir by CS Pacat Silk & Steel by Ariana Nash Noble Dead saga by Barb & JC Hendee Skybound saga by Alex London

[@ChungLiênNhi]

it's kinda crazy how nobody's talking about the banned ebook Magnetic Aura

[@abbeyg5339]

I just finished the seven realms series and I adored it! Looking for more fun fantasy!

[@TrươngDuyHuyên]

I'm sick of this mundane and conventional knowledge, head to Borlest and read the banned ebook Magnetic Aura, then come back and thank me when it changes your life

[@nameeman01]

Exactly!! I've been reading magnetic aura for the second time and I'm learning something new every time. For anyone that wants actual knowledge that works, don't miss out. I bought it pretty cheap on Borlest.

[@emb627]

Omg no one ever knows the library of the dead and I thought it was so cute and fun!

[@louloubellex9292]

You should give Illborn by Daniel T Jackson a go. Only 2 books out so far but they’re brilliant and very underrated at the moment!

[@bettytolbert3541]

Greetings!! Well said and right now (7-28-2024) I am reading The Trials Of The Empire and yes I am loving it!!!! Yes it is a 5 star book for me!!

[@caitlinl2750]

I’ve read all but the library of the dead! Have you read the stardust grail? Or the library of the unwritten?

[@RowdysMommy74]

I have Library of the Dead on my shelf so I guess should read it finally! Lol!

[@Momo_0_o]

Omg I'm so early! 😃 What luck!

[@steveschiely5783]

Swan writing top level. Ninth Rain so ...wow

[@thelibrarianofalexandria6200]

Royal bastards by Andrew shwartz. Frogkisser by Garth nix.

[@lucysomeone3455]

“Book mentioned” in description box is empty just fyi

[@kate98765]

Great video!

[@natashataylor881]

Thank you for sharing! Are they adult or young adult?

[@autumngreenhalgh1127]

Have you read Arc of a Scythe? I'm a relatively new viewer and would love to know your thoughts! Or could you point me to a past video?

[@nurah_qu8338]

alright I'm starting the ninth rain rn

[@J-AsherGacha]

Where can I read books online that are friendly for 17+?

[@Bougie_Nerd]

How do you find less popular books? My recs mostly come from booktube and booktok.

[@lesyah.2775]

subscribed :)

[@evelynstenberg]

An underrated book is My Darling Dreadful Thing.

[@jesscrawford9716]

I just started reading The Justice of Kings last night thanks to your recommendation! Also, I totally agree with your review of The Deep Sky!

[@houyhnhnm2277]

❤❤❤

[@kayliemcintosh7841]

The character’s name is Ropa??? Really??? Clothes??? 🤨 That’s so weird.

[@eviechatsandchapters]

In Spanish yes it means clothes but as a name Ropa actually means ‘woman with strong blood’ like from a high class/royal family so it’s perfect for a fantasy novel! 🥰🧙🏻🧝🏽‍♀️

[@kangaroo9816]

And it’s petroleum in Czech… Languages are funny that way. 🤷 Unless the book was originally written in Spanish, then I’d agree it’s a strange choice lol

[@cindyrosegan7188]

first ❤

[@kayliemcintosh7841]

Why do the same 10 books get recommended over and over again. I don’t get it. Why isn’t there more diversity???

[@eviechatsandchapters]

I think Regan always gives so much diversity! Other channels can be really repetitive, which I suppose is understandable as people can only read so much haha! But I never feel that way with Ragen’s videos, I always come away with a new, amazing rec! 🌸📚☺️